Crime & Safety

Hemet Driver Flees After Hitting 7-Year-Old In A Stroller, CHP Says

Minor injuries were reported after a pickup driver struck a stroller in Hemet on Thursday morning and left the scene.

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The 39-year-old​ woman was pushing her son in a stroller at 7:45 a.m. at Yale Street and Salts Circle in Hemet when the stroller was hit by a light-colored pickup truck, California Highway Patrol officer Johnathan Torres told Patch.
The 39-year-old​ woman was pushing her son in a stroller at 7:45 a.m. at Yale Street and Salts Circle in Hemet when the stroller was hit by a light-colored pickup truck, California Highway Patrol officer Johnathan Torres told Patch. (Renee Schiavone/Patch)

HEMET, CA — A Hemet woman and her 7-year-old son were taken to a hospital for minor after a driver struck the pair and fled the scene on Thursday morning, authorities aid.

The 39-year-old woman was pushing her son in a stroller at 7:45 a.m. at Yale Street and Salts Circle in Hemet when the stroller was hit by a light-colored pickup truck, California Highway Patrol officer Johnathan Torres told Patch.

"The driver did flee the scene prior to providing any information," Torres said in an email.

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The mother and son were taken to a local hospital shortly after.

The driver had not been located as of 11 a.m.

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